So I put in 6 new batteries, and although I got my label information input into the machine, hit the print button, selected 1 copy, it just wasted tape with a little mark on it.

and I have not had any indication that the battery is getting weak at all even after printing a few dozen labels.

( the batteries it came with were cheap and died within the first hour)

Great battery life.

Battery Empty" error when the unit IS PLUGGED INTO THE WALL with a charger.

Seems to be a little bit picky about cheap NiMh batteries but works just fine on cheap alkaline batteries

D200 save me alot of AAA battery, 6 battery each time will drain the battery quick

Easy to use, battery operated or you can opt to purchase the power cord, though I like the

No more battery problems""I am a labeling fanatic and thus go through A LOT of tape and A LOT of batteries

Just bought this and it worked great for a few weeks, then I got the "Battery Low" sign like so many other reviewers.

It depletes the batteries, if you don't remove them

I purchased a power cord for it, as I am only an occasional user of the labeler, and I inevitably found the batteries dead with the old model

I've already gone through an entire roll of tape and the batteries are still going strong

Having read reviews of many different Brother P-Touch label makers, I felt this was the right machine for me: just enough function, good battery life, and no need to tether it to my computer.

That it drains batteries even while off.

And the AC adaptor, is really worth it, unless it will be handled by many people in an office, where the batteries make it easy to hand it around.

What's the use of using the adapter if you have to use batteries as well?

Put in new batteries and it worked long enough to select a font.

Remember what I said about deliberately draining your batteries to force you into paying the 2,000% markup for their obscene junk

(I only use labelmaker every couple years, and so why waste the batteries, and I just tossed my 15 year old, still working labelmaker because after spending hours figuring out what its replacement tape should

This thing will drain the batteries in less than a month from just sitting on the shelf

so you just waste 6 batteries every time it stops working

Just got home from a special trip to get brand new FRESH batteries and nothing will even show on the display.

My old Brother P-Touch labeler had corroded batteries and were no good anymore

But the batteries seem to die so quickly

The label works well, but it's a paint to take out one battery after each use because it continuously drains the battery even off.

So far, works as it should.

Still prints, just irritating that it doesn't cut as clean as it did after the first month of use.

Some people complain about wasting a

Yes it could not waste as

This guy is as effective as those we use in production, and still prints faster than most

I bought batteries which will be fine as long as they don't drain after only a few uses

Other than that it works as you might expect a label maker to work

works as I thought it would.

Works as you'd expect but definitely does go through tape quickly

Works as it should, mostly.